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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 23, 2015 Page 15 Mayor Roe noted that, when the change was made to County Road C, the design allowed sufficient space to add more lanes in the section south of City Hall if and when indicated. Mr. Lux noted that Ramsey County had fielded a few calls on this as well; and while not supporting increasing County Road C to four lanes, there had been some talk at the County level about restriping to make the turn lanes longer, which he would discuss further with City staff. Regarding the service lane east of Snelling, Mr. Culver noted that lanes had been reduced past Lexington Avenue. Mr. Culver also noted another issue was that during winter snow and ice events, traffic typically used only one lane versus two if they couldn't clearly see the lanes. Mayor Roe concurred. Do we have enough land for a potential change to3 lanes north of County Road C-2 Mr. Lux responded that while the right-of-way was wide enough, there would be some impact to landscaping in place along that route. However with the lack of accidents along that stretch, Mr. Lux advised that the County's attitude was to wait and see, while continuing to monitor the situation. Mr. Lux opined that con- cerns at the County level included if the intersections at County Road C and D were freed up, things may get worse at Lydia Avenue and County Road D. How- ever, with relatively little impact in creating a center turn lane, Mr. Lux noted this may be something to keep in mind in the future as further monitoring occurred. Projecting impacts of development and how projected as part of analysis. Mr. Vaughn referenced the ITE trip generation rates and leveraging past experi- ence on future expectations as part of the analysis. Mr. Vaughn used a past expe- rience in Roseville, and the potential to shift traffic patterns and volumes, through utilizing data after project improvements were in place, the actual calculations had supported the modeling performed. Mr. Vaughn stated that, while the studies were not always spot on, they had proven to come very close to reality as indicat- ed by past experiences;and stood in support of his work based on that track rec- ord. Looking at time savings or differentials, came up with County Road C-2 con- nection several years ago Mr. Vaughn advised that he based this on today's experience in traveling the cor- ridor and then with Twin Lakes Parkway in place, opining that his instinct would be to not take the Parkway but to get further north to avoid back-ups at I-35W. However, once the managed lane was in place on I-35W, Mr. Vaughn opined that traffic flow would continue to improve and would not result in the same situation